Eminem Sheetmusic and Slim Shady Bio

Slim Shady Bio

He was born Marshall Mathers in St. Joseph, MO (near Kansas City),
spending the better part of his impoverished childhood shuttling back
and forth between his hometown and the city of Detroit. Initially
attracted to rap as a teen,
Eminem began performing at age 14,
performing raps in the basement of his high school friend's home. The
two went under the names Manix and M&M (soon changed to
Eminem),
which Mathers took from his own initials. Due to the unavoidable racial
boundaries that came with being a white
rapper, he decided the easiest
way to win over underground hip-hop audiences was to become a battle
rapper and improv against other MCs in clubs. Although he wasn't
immediately accepted, through time he became such a popular attraction
that people would challenge him just to make a name for themselves.

Eminem Bio

Slim Shady Sheet Music

His uncle's suicide prompted a brief exodus from
the world
of rap, but he returned and found himself courted by several other
rappers to start groups. He first joined the New Jacks, and then moved
on to Soul Intent, who released
Eminem's first recorded single in 1995.
A rapper named Proof performed the B-side on the single and enjoyed
working with Eminem so much that he asked him to start yet another
group. Drafting in a few other friends, the group became known as D-12,
a six-member crew that supported one another as solo artists more than
they collaborated. The birth of Eminem's first child put his career on
hold again as he started working in order to care for his family. This
also instilled a bitterness that started to creep into his lyrics as he
began to drag personal experiences into the open and make them the topic
of his raps.